The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., has hosted 17 USGA events since its founding in 1882. On Thursday, the club and the governing body announced four more will come to the historic venue, including a fourth U.S. Open and a first U.S. Women’s Open.
The quartet of future championships include the 2020 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2034 U.S. Amateur, 2038 U.S. Open and 2045 U.S. Women’s Open.
“This partnership with The Country Club gives juniors, amateurs and professionals alike the opportunity to vie for a USGA championship and etch their names in golfing history at one of the nation’s most iconic venues,” said John Bodenhamer, USGA chief championships officer, in a press release. “We look forward to witnessing the incredible talent and passion that will be on display in the coming years.”
One of the USGA’s five founding member clubs, The Country Club last hosted the U.S. Open in 2022 when Matt Fitzpatrick won the title by a stroke over Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler. The Englishman also won the U.S. Amateur when it was played for the sixth and most recent time there in 2013. Fitzpatrick joined Jack Nicklaus as the only golfer to win a U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open at the same club.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s U.S. Open win at The Country Club in 2022, after winning the U.S. Amateur there in 2013, made him just the second golfer in history to win the two titles on the same course. The other: Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach.
Andrew Redington
When the U.S. Girls’ Junior is held in 2030 it will mark 80 years since the only previous time the championship has been played at The Country Club.
By hosting the U.S. Women’s Open in 2045, the club will become just the 12th course to have hosted the men’s and women’s national championship.
The Country Club/USGA championships
1902 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Genevieve Hecker
1910 U.S. Amateur: William Fownes Jr.
1913 U.S. Open: Francis Ouimet
1922 U.S. Amateur: Jess Sweetser
1932 Walker Cup: United States
1934 U.S. Amateur: Lawson Little
1941 U.S. Women’s Amateur:
1953 U.S. Girls’ Junior: Mildred Meyerson
1957 U.S. Amateur: Hillman Robbins
1963 U.S. Open: Julius Boros
1968 U.S. Junior: Eddie Pearce
1973 Walker Cup: United States
1982 U.S. Amateur: Jay Sigel
1988 U.S. Open: Curtis Strange
1995 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Kelli Kuehne
2013 U.S. Amateur: Matt Fitzpatrick
2022 U.S. Open: Matt Fitzpatrick
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
